The
overall internationally agreed goal of the Millennium
Declaration labeled goal # 7 of "ensuring environmental
sustainability" has three specific targets. Water
is a key dimension of each of the following three targets:

Target 9: Integrate the principles
of sustainable development into country policies and
programmes; reverse loss of environmental resources.

Target 10: Reduce by half the proportion
of people without sustainable access to safe drinking
water.

Target 11: Achieve significant improvement
in the lives of at least 100 million slum dewellers
by 2020.